Summary statement by the Secretary-General on matters of
which the Security Council is seized and on the stage reached
in their consideration

Addendum

Pursuant to rule 11 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, the Secretary-General is submitting the following summary statement.

The list of items of which the Security Council is seized is contained in documents S/2003/40 of 14 February 2003, S/2003/40/Add.3 of 21 February 2003, S/2003/40/Add.4 of 24 February 2003, S/2003/40/Add.11 of 28 March 2003, S/2003/40/Add.14 of 17 April 2003, S/2003/40/Add.19 of 23 May 2003, S/2003/40/Add.20 of 30 May 2003, S/2003/40/Add.24 of 27 June 2003, S/2003/40/Add.37 of 26 September 2003, S/2003/40/Add.38 of 3 October 2003, S/2003/40/Add.40 of 17 October 2003, S/2003/40/Add.44 of 14 November 2003, S/2003/40/Add.45 of 21 November 2003 and S/2003/40/Add.47 of 5 December 2003.

During the week ending 27 December 2003, the Security Council took action on the following items:

The Security Council resumed its consideration of the item at its 4889th meeting, held on 22 December 2003 in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations, having before it the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (S/2003/1148).

The President drew attention to a draft resolution (S/2003/1176) that had been prepared in the course of the Council’s prior consultations.

The Security Council proceeded to vote on draft resolution S/2003/1176, and adopted it unanimously as resolution 1520 (2003) (for the text, see S/RES/1520 (2003); to be issued in Official Records of the Security Council, Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2003-31 July 2004).

The President stated that, following consultations of the Council, he had been authorized to make a statement on behalf of the Council and read out the text of that statement (for the text, see S/PRST/2003/29; to be issued in Official Records of the Security Council, Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2003-31 July 2004).